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Fall of the Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last of the Chinese Dynasties. During the Qing Dynasty, China gained a lot of power and were very influential. -
Chinese Revolution of 1911
Sun Yat-sen was a leader who helped China’s political and economic growth. Sun Yat-sen wanted to become a successful country, and to accomplish that goal, he formed the Revolutionary Alliance to overthrow the Manchu emperor. other countries were going through their Industrial Revolution, but China’s economy was falling. After many defeats in wars, like the Opium Wars and the Sino-French Wars, China was very weak and falling apart in their economics because of all the wars they have fought -
Commnist Party seizes control of China
The Communist party seizes control of China when Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, steps of his throne. This ended a nearly 300 year rule that Yi's family had had on China. -
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong taking insperation from the USSR. With the help of the sovites, China joined the revolutionary group. But to gain support from the peasants, Mao gave land to the peasants which became popular with the peasants and contributed to their support of Mao's Communist Party. -
The Long March
The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the attacks by the Guomingdang. The Long March came about when the Chinese Communists had to flee attacks ordered by Jiang Jieshi -
Japan Invades China in WWII
During WWII, Japan was trying to become a bigger world power. But they didn't have enough natural resources and instead had to import the materials. So during WWII, they took advantage of the war, and invaded China in hopes of seizing land and the natural resources that came with it -
Japan bombs China
Japan was angry that China had helped the US and it's airmen in the bombing of a Japanese city.This led to Japan responding by bombing China. This bombing kills 250,000 Chinese civilians -
Five Year Plan
The Five Year Plans of the People's Republic of China were to help China rise socially and economically. They shaped their economy based upon communism. -
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Hundred Flowers Campaign,was a movement that begun in May 1956 within the communist government of China lifting the restrictions imposed upon Chinese people and grant them greater freedom of thought and speech -
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward was Mao's attempt to modernise China's economy so that by 1988, China would have an economy that rivalled America.
